Morning Update: The fight over the future of your mailbox

Good morning. Canada Post workers are once again on strike, furious over a federal plan to reshape the Crown corporation – more on that below, along with the prospects for Donald Trump’s Gaza peace deal, and a new purpose for a former residential school. But first:

• The U.S. government shutdown begins as partisan division rules Washington
• Canadians say they are struggling to get information on relatives in ICE detention
• Alberta teachers appear poised to strike next week after rejecting a tentative deal
• The death toll from the Philippines earthquake rises to at least 69